Give equal opportunity to all junior doctors to specialise locally - MMA urges govt

The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has urged the government to provide equal opportunity to all medical officers to pursue their specialist study at local institutions.

This comes after Health Minister Dr Adham Baba recently said it was up to contract medical officers (MOs) - who are not eligible for scholarships for local public post-graduate programmes - to pay their own way or obtain scholarships if they want to embark on a specialist study abroad...